I am shockingly entitled to my own opinion. If you are PK defenders through and through, good for you. I dislike the guy. I have been to four games thusfar this season, and I always make a point of watching him play because I don’t see what all the fuss is about.

I can tell you that the games I was at, I was not impressed by him at all. As an example, I was at the game against Nashville last week and his play was abismal. He kept doing blind and seeing eye passes to the other team. No goals, no assists, 3 shots on net, no penalty minutes, 15:54 seconds of ice time total. Would you call that a good game or an ok game? He tripped on his own feet for crying out loud. Bad game you say? He was the same against Ottawa two weeks prior.

Whether or not he plays on Saturday, Martin already said it wasn’t a punishment sit-out. All the D-men can’t play so someone will have to sit out. It happened to be PK, and I think this early in the season it’s better to sit him out as opposed to waiting until the end of the season and suddenly going “maybe he needed some rest” or “maybe he needed a night off to re-think his play.” Shake him a bit, do it now and he will come out like a man on fire.

“I know you’re wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear that your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?”